Hi Shaun,
The current Star Wars roll playing game sourcebooks are published by
Wizards of the Coast under license. IE George Lucas has nothing to do
with it. We are talking about two different companies. At most
Lucasfilm's involvement with Wizards is handling licensing for the
roll playing
Aah ok thanks for clearing it up.
well in that case you should ask wizzard, you can only ask.
and since its not lucus they probably won't care that much if you put
it all out there though asking first would be good.
at least you won't have to pay as much to lucus we hope
At 09:43 p.m.
Hmmm well you could always ask lucus.
If you do convert them I'd like them in darkgrew format or simular so
I could play them or some sort of rpg like thingy in html or whatever.
At 03:25 p.m. 14/06/2012 -0400, you wrote:
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone knows where we stand legally on
well I have a daisy player here.
At 12:35 p.m. 14/06/2012 -0700, you wrote:
Hi Thomas,
I'm no lawyer, but as far as I understand these things, you are
essentially correct. Daisy is one possible format, as is .brf
braille. Depending on the method you use to convert these books to
Daisy, users
I tried pdf2txt on some files that contain images of books from a certain,
ahem well-known fantasy role playing game and I was extremely dissatisfied
by the accuracy of the results. I believe that the formatting of game books
poses a particular challenge to ocr programs.
Christopher
Hi Christopher,
Yes, the general formatting of sourcebooks and guides is a problem for
OCR programs. I've noticed when trying to scan the Star Wars
sourcebooks both Omnipage 17 and Openbook 9 have problems scanning
certain sections of the books. Particularly the tables of stats etc.
They
Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org
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I tried pdf2txt on some files that contain images of books from a certain,
ahem well-known fantasy role playing game and I was extremely dissatisfied
by the accuracy
Hi Jacob,
Any idea which one? There are some good open source OCR engines and
there are some that frankly suck.I'm just curious to know which one
pdf2txt uses.
Cheers!
On 6/22/12, Jacob Kruger ja...@blindza.co.za wrote:
Problem with PDF2TXT is it makes use of an open source OCR engine, so not
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Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 11:16 PM
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Hi Jacob,
Any idea which one? There are some good open source OCR engines and
there are some that frankly suck.I'm just curious to know which one
pdf2txt uses.
Cheers
...'
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Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 7:55 AM
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Well Jacob, Orphius seems to get it right, pronouncing your last name with
a hard g, however realspeak daniel
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Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 7:00 AM
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Think Freddy was more like Krueger, or Kreuger, but, nope, am not directly
related...LOL!
OTOH, on some other mailing lists, I pretty much always get
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Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:33 AM
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Well if the fount of all wisdom is to be believed, it's k r u e! g e r,
though if you've collect knives as a hobby there might be a closer
resemblance than you think :D.
The party does sound fun
the Grue!
Dark.
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From: Jacob Kruger ja...@blindza.co.za
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Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
According to some heritage sites, there are like 2 primary possible
One comment on the different spellings on both sides of the Atlantic -
as the creator of the dictionary for all the 7-128 word games, I have
tried to include both spellings as correct. If you find words that are
not included - let me know and I'll make sure they are in there.
Eleanor
at uni at the time either.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:46 AM
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Its just such a shame that I can't get
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Hi Ben.
As I said, unless your living in a really tiny village, I doubt that is
true. I can't recall how old you are exactly
I will second Dark's recommendation of any Tim Powers you can get your hands
on. My personal favorite it The Stress of Her Regard, combining Mary and
Percy Shelley, Venice, Lamia and all manner of other wonderful chaos,
maiming and an odd romance.
Christopher Bartlett
---
Gamers
The OCR features in both JFW and NVDA aren't meant for large document
conversion but for reading image controls that are labeled in some way the
screen reader can't pick up. I am in fact in need of a good solution for
OCR-in a bunch of image pdf files myself. If anyone has a good solution for
Hi Paul,
That wouldn't work for a number of reasons.
First, I'm not a Jaws user, and haven't been for years. Not since
switching to Linux full time at any rate. My Jaws SMA ran out a long
time ago, and I have absolutely no desire to renew it. These days I
primarily use NVDA when I use Windows,
Hi guys,
Can we steer this conversation back on topic? I know we have gotten
off topic with religion and now the Tim Powers books, but we really
should get back on topic or close it. :D
Thanks.
On 6/21/12, Christopher Bartlett themusicalbre...@gmail.com wrote:
I will second Dark's
Hi Chris,
HI don't really know what is available for Windows users in
that regard. What I've done on Linux to resolve that problem in the
past is run the pdf document through a program called PDF To HTML
which converts any text in the document to html, and if there is no
text it will
, June 21, 2012 9:51 PM
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The OCR features in both JFW and NVDA aren't meant for large document
conversion but for reading image controls that are labeled in some way the
screen reader can't pick up. I am in fact in need of a good solution
Sent: 21 June 2012 21:01
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Hi Paul,
That wouldn't work for a number of reasons.
First, I'm not a Jaws user, and haven't been for years. Not since
switching to Linux full time at any rate. My Jaws SMA ran out a long
time
Hi Paul,
No problem. That is an easy mistake to make. You are hardly the first
person who thought the new OCR feature in Jaws could scan entire
documents and save them or something like that. However, the actual
use of that feature is merely to attempt to scan buttons, menus, or
anything else
themusicalbre...@gmail.com
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Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
I will second Dark's recommendation of any Tim Powers you can get your
hands
on. My personal favorite it The Stress of Her
Oh yes. I am quite familiar with bio-psychology. Apparently, according
to that one, thoughts and consciousness are merely the brains way of
letting the world know that it is working. There is some sort of study
that shows how thoughts can come at least 300 milliseconds after
actions. My personal
Hi decota.
your right there, people seem to love opposing viewpoints. I'm also always
amused at the way people love explaining other people's actions with
relation to something that has nothing to do with what motives they say!
they're following, whether it's freudian unconsciousness, bio
Hi Dakotah,
The problem I have with such people is usually their extreme views are
largely based on inaccurate interpretations of the scriptures and
aren't based on common sense.
For example, if someone is taking a math test and the correct answer
happens to be 666 or$6.66 or anything else
Hi Dakotah,
Well, the problem is in outlook. The reason certain people believe
science and religion can't coexist is because there are extremists on
both sides of the argument. There are biologists who insist that
Evolution is the one and only explanation for life on our planet. We
might
Hi
Just to give a rather amusing postscript to this conversation, based on
something else we've discussed on list before, the differences betwene Uk
and american English, there's a hilarious scene in the Anubis gates by Tim
powers that revolves around the number of the beast, in which Brendon
] On
Behalf Of Dakotah Rickard
Sent: 20 June 2012 05:05
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
The difficult thing for roleplayers compared to others is that we, if
we have even a basic imagination, can come up with and play in a world
with a vastly
Hi Dakotah,
Well, my thinking on this is simple. The people who don't roll play
probably don't have a very good imagination so don't realise how fun
it can be just spending an hour or two sitting around a table
pretending that they are someone else living in a totally different
world. Obviously,
Hi Che,
Ah, apparently not. I've been a fan of Star Wars since I was able to
walk and talk but for some reason I haven't been able to use the force
yet. Apparently all this roll playing isn't doing me any good either.
:D
Cheers!
On 6/18/12, Che blindadrenal...@gmail.com wrote:
Wait, you
Reminds me of all the times my brother would get together with friends to
play DD.
Life, don't talk to me about life.
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From: Thomas Ward
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 12:56 PM
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Hi
Message-
From: Thomas Ward
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 12:56 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Dakotah,
Well, my thinking on this is simple. The people who don't roll play
probably don't have a very good imagination so don't realise
Nothing like a bit of culture clash, but i suggest that we Americans
learn U.K. English, as most of the world is taught that, with the o-u
in colour and everything, silly Brits. Hee hee.
Signed:
Dakotah Rickard
On 6/20/12, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
Hi
Just to give a rather amusing postscript
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From: Dakotah Rickard dakotah.rick...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 1:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Nothing like a bit of culture clash, but i suggest that we Americans
learn U.K. English, as most
Well Jacob, Orphius seems to get it right, pronouncing your last name with a
hard g, however realspeak daniel doesn't.
I know sinse obviously Freddy from nightmare on elmstreet has the same last
name, so I've had occasion to write it before, --- hope your not related,
:D.
Beware the grue!
Hi Thomas,
A former neighbor insisted that she made angel eggs for the pot luck not
deviled eggs. She may have even left off the red paprika. I say former
neighbor as she was evicted for constantly arguing with another neighbor over
religious believes. Both Christians, but different
: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Thomas,
A former neighbor insisted that she made angel eggs for the pot luck not
deviled eggs. She may have even left off the red paprika. I say former
neighbor as she was evicted for constantly arguing with another neighbor
over religious believes
Hi Dark,
Yeah, let's not go there. Besides being completely off topic for the
list if we start down the road of debating religion and ethics we will
be here until doom's day discussing it. Like it or not everyone has an
an opinion, right or wrong, and its amazing how drastically different
those
The difficult thing for roleplayers compared to others is that we, if
we have even a basic imagination, can come up with and play in a world
with a vastly different religion than we believe in. I've seen
devoutly faithful of several religions play happily in a world with
god upon god upon god
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:23 AM
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Hi Thomas,
A former neighbor insisted that she made angel eggs for the pot luck not
deviled eggs. She may have even left off the red paprika. I say former
neighbor as she was evicted
Hi decota.
One interesting thing, is that the more you learn about science and the
scientific process, the more you realize that it is just as much a matter of
supposition, speculation and opinion based on pre existing conceptions of
the world as any other belief system, and people like
?
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of dark
Sent: 17 June 2012 22:21
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi tom.
the only problem is a lot of people seem to think that rolling the dice
Hi Tom.
Well I've never really taken that brand of christian seriously anyway, sinse
the amount of things they say are some how connected with satan, from
the internet to star trek to people who are gay is just ridiculous, so I
wouldn't particularly pay that much attention to their
Hi Tom.
Well during online games, muds etc is a little different, sinse quite often
the people I've seen called captain kirk, frodo, doctor who etc won't
actually behave like their characters, they just chose the name because it
was one they liked, and themed their gear around it.
indeed
, that is why I don't use torrents myself, just in case.
Beware the Grue!
dArk.
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From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 3:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Paul
Hi jacob.
That I can understand, though to be honest when I was in those situations
myself, what people mostly did was create a basic character concept, rather
than a literal npc.
So for instance you would say be given a dwarven mercinary chracter sheet,
with your various items on it, and
Hi Ben.
The problem is, you have to physically rp offline, at a given time with a
given group of people. I'm obviously in the north of england and in the
middle of a game, so it wouldn't really be convenient to meet up to do rp.
i suggest checking any local shops such as forbidden planet in
with you, in person, if possible.
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Behalf Of dark
Sent: 18 June 2012 08:39
To: Gamers Discussion list
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Hi Ben.
The problem is, you have to physically
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Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 9:33 AM
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Hi jacob.
That I can understand, though to be honest when I was in those situations
myself, what people mostly did was create a basic character concept,
rather
Hi Ben.
Forbidden planet isn't in london. It's a chain of shops devoted to rp,
science fiction and various other things. There's one I've seen in
nottingham, one in newcastle, and even one in skegness, also forbidden
planet is only one example of such a shop sinse there are various ones
Hay Jacob, I do know what you mean about difficulties introducing people to
a campaigne mid way through.
My mutants and masterminds game has gone on for over three years now, there
is a huge amount of plot and backstory, and it'd be pretty hard for anyone
to join in mid way through, though at
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Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hay Jacob, I do know what you mean about difficulties introducing people
to a campaigne mid way through.
My mutants
Sounds good.
I've noticed different gms have different styles too. The gm of our mutants
game makes great npcs and an interconnecting plot, however every single
combat with him is like a huge, epic fight to the death, in fact none of his
supervillains ever have minians, not unless
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Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 3:02 PM
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Sounds good.
I've noticed different gms have different styles too. The gm of our
mutants game makes great npcs and an interconnecting plot, however every
single combat with him is like a huge
Hi Dark,
Lol! Now, that is a couple of nerds for sure. Generally I keep my game
life and real life separate. :D
Cheers!
On 6/18/12, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
Hay Jacob, I do know what you mean about difficulties introducing people to
a campaigne mid way through.
My mutants and masterminds
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Jacob,
FYI. Ichabod was the name of the main character in the Legend of
Sleepy Hollow
Hi Dark,
Really? You mean if you have BitComet, BitStorm, Utorrent, or any
other torrent software on your system you can be prosecuted in the
United Kingdom? That's total madness. Apparently, the people who make
your laws don't realize how much legal stuff is available through
torrents today.
Hi Dark,
I suppose its just all how a person approaches the game. As I said for
myself weather I am playing Srith, Core Exiles, or a mud like Alter
Aeon I still try to roll play. Probably because since moving to
Millersburg I haven't had any group to roll play with so I do it
virtually through
Hi Dark,
Oh, I definitely don't take those sorts of religious people seriously.
Mainly because its usually a lot of misinformed and extremely
ridiculous suppositions based on stereotypes. I know people like that,
my in-laws are some of them, and their opinions are usually
groundless. Especially,
Wait, you mean we can't gain access to super cool satanic powers by
running role playing games?
looks like my grandma was right, games are a big waste of time after all.
and i was so looking forward to going toe to toe with jimmy swaggart
wielding my killer inferno fireball spell up against
Hi Tom.
I could ask my brother for the full details, but As far as I know it is the
torrenting process that is specifically illegal, not the gpl license. I've
freely downloaded lots of stuff from pendent productions, darker projects,
podiobooks etc, and programs like 7zip, chipamp etc, and
Hi Tom.
well those sorts of christians are nuts, and I agree they give reasonable
christians a bad name the same way extreme muslims give the entirity of
islam a bad name (personally I don't like either group).
When I was in colidge a friend of mine always used to introduce me to such
Hi dark,
Your statement about the use of bit torrenting software being illegal
in and of itself was startling to me.
That would be like outlawing the use of knives because some folks use
them to stab their fellow bipeds.
I did a bit of research, and I can't find that this is the case
Hi Che.
I was thinking specifically of some legal cases I've heard of where people
have been prosecuted for using bit torrent, but as I said I'm not up on the
current laws so it could've been the copywrite materials and the selling of
those materials illegally, not necessarily the program, I
Hi tom.
That is a good example of what I mean, and indeed often in our mutants game
the gm has great fun taking advantage of our mistakes, and indeed has
enemies who incorporate this into their tactics.
For example, on one occasion we were fighting the main villain of the
campaigne, an evil
To be honest I'd see the diceas simply a way of limiting your characters'
abilities, and also adding an element of chance into the game.
To take tom's glider example. If your character was a barbarian from the
frozen wastes, it might be that she doesn't really have the manual skill or
indeed
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Paul,
Exactly. Triditional computer games are fixed to a certain story
line,are often fixed to specific characters, and is only as flexable
Hi Dark,
Well, I sometimes like playing a cannon character in tabletop RPG, and
other times I like striking out on my own and creating my own unique
character. That is perhaps one of the best features of roll playing
games. You have the freedom to use an existing character or you can
totally
Hi Dark,
Right. The dice are basically there to enhance the plot of the game
and to put in some realistic skill checks so your character can and
can't do certain things. Even the most powerful characters have to
have limitations and/or run into a bit of bad luck sometimes. The dice
can help
This is a huge topic, and I'm skipping a lot of messages. I want to
admit that and apologize.
First, people are greedy, and the more they get, the greedier they
get. It's a version of the old saying: Power corrupts, and absolute
power corrupts absolutely. That's why these distributors make money,
...@audyssey.org] On
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Sent: 17 June 2012 20:03
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
This is a huge topic, and I'm skipping a lot of messages. I want to
admit that and apologize.
First, people are greedy, and the more they get
Hi Tom.
Fair enough, though to be honest I think I would always create my own
character rather than play an existing one. my backstory, skills etc might
be detailed or complex depending upon the time we had, but generally I'd
much rather go with something unique where I can defign the
Hi tom.
the only problem is a lot of people seem to think that rolling the dice for
stats is all! an rpg is, which is pretty pathetic. I've played with players
like that before, and they're not fun, also they give rpg gamers something
of a bad reputation.
There's actually a book on
Hi Decota.
I'm afraid I'd disagree completely on tabletop rp being anything like a mud.
In a mud for instance, you are one character in a very large world, where as
in a good tabletop game, the players, usually 2-8, are the heroes. The
plot, npcs and the like revolve around them,
Hi Paul.
That's possible as a disclaimer, though my personal view is that if a
company doesn't provide! an accessible copy, they've got no right to my
respect or my patronage.
I've spent 20 years trying to legitimately obtain things within the workings
of the Uk copywrite laws, going
Hi Dark,
Well, I know all about those sorts of stereotypes. Unfortunately,
they've been going around since the 1970's when Dungeons and Dragons
first came onto the scene. A lot of the people who don't roll play
really don't understand it and are gullible enough to believe anything
anyone tells
Hi Dark,
HmmmThat's interesting. Certainly there are advantages to creating
your own character from scratch, even for the short term, but as I
said for some people they want to pretend or roll play someone they
really like from an existing game universe. It all comes down to
personal choice
Hi Paul,
Actually, the torrent sites really aren't getting around the law with
those disclaimers any longer. Thanks to the SOPA and PIPA acts the
film and music industry tried to push through Congress a lot of U.S.
internet service providers are going to be putting software in place
to track
his body, but not his spirit...'
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Dark,
HmmmThat's interesting. Certainly
Hi nancy.
Wow! which publishers are these?
In the past, all the publishers I've contacted have either utterly ignored
me, or setn me a short refusal like wizards of the coast, which is one
reason I'm now so sure that they are scumbags! :D.
Perhaps it would be good to know which these people
. Nothing to be done about that except get
their books in other ways.
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of dark
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 12:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG
with the
publishers?
all the best,
Dark.
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To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Dark,
I've had good luck with Steve Jackson
lots about what and how you play.
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Behalf of Thomas Ward
Sent: 16 June 2012 02:05
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Paul,
Well
Hi Paul.
Well not everything! is decided by dice, indeed the better games I've played
are the ones were dice are a guide rather than being the strict rules. It's
odd though, I don't enjoy in character rp in online games, but I love doing
it off line with a human gm.
I think it's because a
...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of dark
Sent: 16 June 2012 14:13
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Paul.
Well not everything! is decided by dice, indeed the better games I've played
are the ones were dice are a guide rather than being the strict rules
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Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:00 PM
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Hi Al,
I'm talking about the newer d20 Star Wars source books and campaign guides.
As you
. For a very interesting game.
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Behalf Of dark
Sent: 16 June 2012 14:13
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Paul.
Well not everything
Hi Dark,
Definitely agree with that. A human gm, if he or she is good, will
adapt the plot to fit the situation far more than any computer can.
Often times battles is simply trying to out think the gamemaster who
is playing the villains and you the heroes.
For example, I remember one summer
Hi Paul,
Well, like Dark said not everything is decided through dice. It helps
randomize things, decide things such as skill checks,but for the most
part the gamemaster holds sway over the story, battles, and other game
mechanics based on his understanding of the game and the characters
you are
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Sent: 15 June 2012 03:25
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Tom.
that is true, and the way I see things going. also, when discussing the
issue of piracy with my mum, one thing she pointed out
Hi Thomas,
That might be true for books or music.
What I never got was the why all things had to be limited.
For example, one of my friends bought the complete Outlander Series (at that
time six books) as an audiobook series on a few MP3 CDs.
They didn't use DVD discs at that time except for
Michael,
Money only makes sense when something is scarce. Traditionally, it's
been possible to make music and books scarce by limiting how many
copies were printed, because the music and writing was attached to a
physical object. Copyright was put in place to limit who could make
extra copies.
: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Dark,
Well, I think we get some of that here, but just not as bad. While it
is legal to redistribute copies of the RPG source books and campaign
guides in an accessible format I think the reason the major agencies
like APH, Learning Alley, and NLS
Hi Michael,
The answer to both of your questions is simply money. Companies limit
the number of items in order to force prices up by controlling the
supply and raising the demand for those products. If they didn't do it
that way eventually they would have a large supply of products but
little to
] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Michael,
The answer to both of your questions is simply money. Companies limit
the number of items in order to force prices up by controlling the
supply and raising the demand for those products. If they didn't do it
that way eventually they would have a large
Hi Paul,
I've already checked. While there are scanned copies of the
sourcebooks out there on The Pirate Bay and other torrent sites they
aren't at all screen reader accessible. What I mean by that is a lot
of people just scan the sourcebooks, save the individual pages as jpg
images, and then
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Redistributing RPG Source Books
Hi Paul,
I've already checked. While there are scanned copies of the
sourcebooks out there on The Pirate Bay and other torrent sites
they
aren't at all screen reader accessible. What I mean by that is a
lot
of people just scan
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